牽線

Chinese

		lead along	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (牽線/牽綫)		牽	線/綫
simp. (牵线)		牵	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ sin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiên-sien / khiân-sien
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khan-sòaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciansiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-hsien⁴
    • Yale: chyān-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianshiann
    • Palladius: цяньсянь (cjanʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ sin³
    • Yale: hīn sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiên-sien
    • Hakka Romanization System: kien´ xien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ xian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiân-sien
    • Hakka Romanization System: kian´ xien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹ xian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khan-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qansvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³ suã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ suã²¹/

Verb

牽線

1. (literally) to pull the string
2. (figurative) to manipulate from behind the scenes; to pull strings
3. (figurative) to mediate; to act as go-between; to bring (two people) together (in matchmaking)